Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Thank you to everyone who helped out with feedback on my microphone testing. I have settled on the Shure lav mic with a preference for using locally-recorded audio on the Rode Wireless transmitter (then later exporting that audio for post-processing) when the audio really counts. For simpler stuff, I can stick with the wireless transmission.

As a test of how things can sound if I *actually* try with my production values, well, you all get a song as promised. Some of you may even know this one. Enjoy! 👍😁👍

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Italian lyrics...

Una mattina mi sono alzato
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
Una mattina mi sono alzato
E ho trovato l'invasor

O partigiano, portami via
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
O partigiano, portami via
Ché mi sento di morir

E se io muoio da partigiano
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
E se io muoio da partigiano
Tu mi devi seppellir

E seppellire lassù in montagna
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
E seppellire lassù in montagna
Sotto l'ombra di un bel fior

Tutte le genti che passeranno
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
E le genti che passeranno
Mi diranno: "Che bel fior"

E questo è il fiore del partigiano
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
Questo è il fiore del partigiano
Morto per la libertà

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One morning I woke up,
(Goodbye, my beautiful, goodbye)
One morning I woke up
And I found the occupier

Oh partisan, take me away,
(Goodbye, my beautiful, goodbye)
Oh partisan, take me away
Because I feel as if I shall die

And if I die a partisan
(Goodbye, my beautiful, goodbye)
If I die a partisan
Then I ask that you bury me

Bury me up in the mountains
(Goodbye, my beautiful, goodbye)
Bury me up in the mountains
Under the shadow of a beautiful flower

And the people who pass by
(Goodbye, my beautiful, goodbye)
And the people who pass by
Will say to me, “What a beautiful flower”

"This is the flower of the partisan
(Goodbye, my beautiful, goodbye)
This is the flower of the partisan
Who died for freedom"

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